Are You Washed in the Blood?

Here is a wonderful song that has been on my heart lately. There have been other great "gospel classics" that have been on my heart, such as Glory to His Name, but this one has especially been lingering in the air. Here's the words.

Are You Washed in the Blood?

Verse 1:
Have you been to Jesus for the cleasing pow'r?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Chorus:
Are you washed in the blood,
In the soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are you garments spotless? Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Verse 2:
Are you walking daily by the Savior's side?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Do you rest each moment in the Crucified?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

(Chorus)

Verse 3:
When the Bridegroom cometh will your robes be white?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Will your soul be ready for the mansions bright
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb?

(Chorus)

Verse 4:
Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb;
There's a fountain flowing for the soul unclean,
O be washed in the blood of the Lamb.

(Chorus)


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These words are powerful to me. The all-important question for us is simply, "Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?" There's nothing more important, and there's no other way for our souls to be cleansed. It's only by the blood of Jesus that we can be made clean.

And for us who answer, "Yes, I have been washed in the blood of Jesus," are we fully trusting in His grace? Are we walking daily with Jesus? Have we laid aside those garments that are stained with sin and taken His spotless robes?

If we can't answer this question with certainty, we need to figure out why. When the Bridegroom comes, if we are not dressed in His spotless robes the Lord says that we will be bound hand and foot and tossed into darkness. The Lord has given us opportunity to accept Him as Lord; He has given us opportunity to place our faith in His death on the cross for our sins, and that is the only way to be made clean. Are you washed in the blood?

The Lord says, "That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. As the Scripture says, 'Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.' For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, 'Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'" (Romans 10:9-13)